Rakan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rakan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rakan: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #1,534, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1534highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3208
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2009	#3744
2010	#2199
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2013	#3315
2014	#2459
2015	#3373
2016	#2027
2017	#2324
2018	#2259
2019	#2488
2020	#3848
2021	#1984
2022	#1534
2023	#1799
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3208 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1534 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rakan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rakan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rakan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022.

Rakan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,534, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aurelio · #1534, 16y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Shia · #1534, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aurelio · #1534, 16y
Shia · #1534, 18y
Araf · #1533, 13y
Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y

Rakan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rakan without appearing here.

Rakan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.
Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #4678.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Rakan

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Rakan

Garry Compare
Between 2005 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #3208 to #1799 while Garry went from #1851 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2005 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #3208 to #1799 while Kelly went from #2174 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #3208 to #1534 while Brent went from #1095 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #3208 to #1534 while Ole went from #2754 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Rakan

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #4052 to #2088 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rakan went from #3589 to #2088 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rakan

Rakan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rakan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rakan appears in

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Rakan at a glance

Rakan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Rakan moved ahead of

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